fbi_foia_parkerparkerfoiafbiyesMack Charles ParkerUnited States. Federal Bureau of InvestigationAfrican American men--Mississippi--PoplarvilleAfrican American men--DeathAfrican American men--Violence against--Mississippi--PoplarvilleMen--Violence against--Mississippi--PoplarvilleShooting (Execution)--Mississippi--PoplarvillePistols--Mississippi--PoplarvilleGunshot wounds--Mississippi--PoplarvilleAssassination--Mississippi--PoplarvilleAssassination--Investigation--Mississippi--PoplarvilleHomicide--Mississippi--PoplarvilleMurder--Investigation--Mississippi--PoplarvilleCriminal investigation--Mississippi--PoplarvilleViolent deaths--Mississippi--PoplarvillePolitical violence--Mississippi--PoplarvillePolice--Complaints against--Mississippi--PoplarvillePolice misconduct--Mississippi--PoplarvilleRace riots--Mississippi--PoplarvilleRiots--Mississippi--PoplarvilleMobs--Mississippi--PoplarvilleSegregationists--Mississippi--PoplarvilleAbduction--Mississippi--PoplarvilleAssault and battery--Mississippi--PoplarvilleLynching--Mississippi--PoplarvilleRape--Mississippi--PoplarvilleWhite supremacy movements--Mississippi--PoplarvilleCivil rights--Mississippi--PoplarvilleAfrican Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--PoplarvilleIntervention (Federal government)--Mississippi--PoplarvilleViolence--Mississippi--PoplarvilleParker, Mack CharlesOn April 25, 1959, the FBI conducted a Civil Rights investigation into the abduction of Mack Charles Parker from the Pearl River County jail in Popularville [sic], Mississippi. Parker had been arrested earlier that year on charges of raping and kidnaping an adult female. On May 4, 1959, a corpse was found in the Pearl River, whose fingerprints were later identified to be Parker's.FBI FOIA file states that this is a summary report."Mack Charles Parker, an African American, was accused of raping a white woman. When he was arrested, a Mississippi state trooper offered the woman's husband a pistol to shoot Parker. Three days before Parker was to stand trial, he was dragged from his jail cell, beaten and shot. His body was found in the Pearl River 10 days later. The FBI investigated and even obtained confessions from some of the eight white suspects. However, the county prosecutor refused to present evidence to a state grand jury and a federal grand jury refused to indict." Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Charles_ParkerThe Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.United States. Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal government recordsTexthttp://vault.fbi.gov/Mack%20Charles%20Parkerapplication/pdf1 file (370 p.)Forms part of the Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.1959United States, Mississippi, Pearl River County, Poplarville, 30.8401863, -89.5342315United States, Mississippi, Pearl River Countyhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/